Buff-breasted Sabrewing

SCI Name:  Campylopterus duidae
Protonym:  Campylopterus duidae Am.Mus.Novit. no.380 p.13
Taxonomy:  Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Campylopterus
Taxonomy Code:  bubsab1
Type Locality:  Mount Duida, 5000 feet, Venezuela.
Author:  Chapman
Publish Year:  1929
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CAMPYLOPTERUS
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Grey-breasted Sabrewing C. largipennis) Gr. καμπυλος kampulos  curved, bent  < καμπτω kamptō  to bend; -πτερος -pteros  
-winged  < πτερον pteron  wing (cf. specific name Trochilus campylopterus J. Gmelin, 1788 (= syn. Campylopterus largipennis)); "CAMPYLOPTERUS.  Rostrum longiusculum, sub-arcuatum.  Alæ falcatæ; remigum primarum scapis dilatato-compressis.  Cauda rotundata, vel gradata.    Types. 1. T. latipennis.  2. falcatus. Sw., Zool. Ill.  ... Wings falcated, the shafts or scapes of the primary quills dilated and compressed." (Swainson 1827); "Campylopterus Swainson, Zool. Journ., 3, 1827, p. 358. Type, by subsequent designation, C. latipennis (Lath.) = Trochilus largipennis Boddaert. (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 13.)" (Peters, 1945, V, p. 18).
Var. Campilopterus.
Synon. Bombornis, Loxopterus, Pampa, Phaeochroa, Platystylopterus, Saepiopterus, Sphenoproctus.

campylopterus
Gr. καμπυλος kampulos  curved, bent  < καμπτω kamptō  to bend; -πτερος -pteros  -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing.
● ex “Oiseau-mouche à larges tuyaux de Cayenne” of d’Aubenon 1765-1781, pl. 672, fig. 2, “Oiseau-mouche à larges tuyaux” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Broad-shafted Humming-bird” of Latham 1783 (syn. Campylopterus largipennis).

duidae
Cerro Duida, Amazonas, Venezuela.

SUBSPECIES

Buff-breasted Sabrewing (guaiquinimae)
SCI Name: Campylopterus duidae guaiquinimae
guaiquinimae
Cerro Guaiquinima, Bolívar, Venezuela.

Buff-breasted Sabrewing (duidae)
SCI Name: Campylopterus duidae duidae
duidae
Cerro Duida, Amazonas, Venezuela.